Deck 9: Leadership

Question 1

________ leadership is an emergent and dynamic team phenomenon whereby leadership roles and influence are distributed among team members.

Answer 1

Shared

Question 2

Any organizational member can exert influence and engage in leadership.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

If your leader works with others to initiate changes that will create a viable future for the organization, what kind of leader is he or she?

A)Transformational leader
B)Transactional leader
C)Participative leader
D)Strategic leader
E)Global leader

Answer 3

D

Question 4

An emergent and dynamic team phenomenon whereby leadership roles and influence are distributed among team members is known as

A)mutual leadership.
B)emergent leadership.
C)shared leadership.
D)dynamic leadership.
E)distributed leadership.

Question 5

________ leaders work with others to initiate changes that will create a viable future for the organization.

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT a trait?

A)Consideration
B)Low intelligence
C)High energy
D)Tallness
E)Honesty

Question 7

Individuals can emerge to occupy informal leadership roles.

Question 8

Which of the following best represents strategic leadership?

A)Open and honest interactions with the organization's stakeholders
B)Unbridled inquisitiveness
C)Personal character
D)Duality
E)Savvy

Question 9

An emergent and dynamic team phenomenon whereby leadership roles and influence are distributed among team members is called mutual leadership.

Question 10

Which statement about leadership is TRUE?

A)Leadership can be exhibited by persons other than those formally designated as leaders by the organization.
B)The most effective leader will exhibit high consideration and high initiating structure in all leadership situations.
C)Initiating structure is a leadership trait.
D)There is a set of leadership traits that strongly and consistently predicts leader effectiveness across a broad range of situations.
E)A leader can be either high on initiating structure or high on consideration but not both.

Question 11

A recent survey found that the most pressing human capital challenge facing Canadian businesses today is ________.

Question 12

The most pressing human capital challenge facing Canadian businesses today is leadership.

Question 13

Leadership is about motivating people and gaining their job satisfaction.

Question 14

Leadership is about motivating people and gaining their commitment.

Question 15

What is strategic leadership and why is it important for organizations to have strategic leaders?

Question 16

An emergent and dynamic team phenomenon whereby leadership roles and influence are distributed among team members is called shared leadership.

Question 17

Leadership is about motivating people and gaining their

A)job satisfaction.
B)commitment.
C)acceptance.
D)attention.
E)loyalty.

Question 18

________ occurs when particular individuals exert influence on the goal achievement of others in an organizational context.

Question 19

When did serious scientific research on leadership traits begin?

A)During the lifetime of Charles Darwin
B)During World War I
C)During World War II
D)During the Trudeau years
E)During the Great Depression

Question 20

What is the most pressing human capital challenge facing Canadian businesses today?

A)Leadership
B)Employee retention
C)Job performance
D)Employee recruitment
E)Corporate social responsibility

Question 21

Which of the Big Five dimensions of personality are the most consistent predictors of leadership effectiveness?

A)Extraversion and agreeableness
B)Extraversion and conscientiousness
C)Agreeableness and conscientiousness
D)Emotional stability and conscientiousness
E)Emotional stability and extraversion

Question 22

As discussed in the text, ________ are examples of potential leadership traits.

A)charisma and agreeableness
B)dominance and intelligence
C)consideration and initiating structure
D)reward and punishment
E)direction and support

Question 23

Extraversion and agreeableness are the most consistent predictors of leadership effectiveness among the Big Five dimensions of personality.

Question 24

According to leadership categorization theory

A)people are more likely to view somebody as a leader and to evaluate them as a more effective leader when they possess characteristics of their organization.
B)people are less likely to view somebody as a leader and to evaluate them as a less effective leader when they possess characteristics of leadership.
C)people are more likely to view somebody as a leader and to evaluate them as a more effective leader when they possess characteristics that are similar to themselves.
D)people are more likely to view somebody as a leader and to evaluate them as a more effective leader when they possess characteristics of leadership.
E)people are more likely to view somebody as a leader and to evaluate them as a more effective leader when they possess characteristics associated with men.

Question 25

Trait theories of leadership have the strongest, most supportive research base.

Question 26

If you are looking for an effective leader to hire into your organization, which personality dimension(s)should you focus on during the hiring process?

A)Extraversion
B)Conscientiousness
C)Agreeableness
D)Extraversion and conscientiousness
E)Agreeableness and conscientiousness

Question 27

Research on leadership traits has mostly focused on

A)demographics, interpersonal attributes, and physical attributes.
B)demographics, task competence, and interpersonal attributes.
C)demographics, task competence, and physical attributes.
D)task competence, interpersonal attributes, and physical attributes.
E)task competence, interpersonal attributes, and psychological attributes.

Question 28

Research on leadership traits has focused mostly on traits associated with physical attributes.

Question 29

Which of the following is most accurate about leadership effectiveness?

A)Leader traits have a greater impact than leader behaviours.
B)Leader behaviours have a greater impact than leader traits.
C)Leader traits and behaviours have a similar impact.
D)Sometimes leader traits have a greater impact, and sometimes leader behaviours have a greater impact.
E)Some leader traits have a greater impact and some have a weaker impact than leader behaviours.

Question 30

Which dimensions of the "Big Five" have been found to be related to leadership emergence and success?

A)Agreeableness, extraversion, and conscientiousness
B)Agreeableness, extraversion, conscientiousness, and openness to experience
C)Agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, and openness to experience
D)Agreeableness, conscientiousness, extraversion, and emotional stability
E)Agreeableness, conscientiousness, extraversion, openness to experience, and emotional stability

Question 31

Many contemporary organizations use trait-based assessment centres to measure leadership traits when making hiring and promotion decisions.

Question 32

In recent years, there has been little interest in the study of leadership traits.

Question 33

Intelligence is an example of a trait.

Question 34

There is a significant and strong relationship between intelligence and leadership.

Question 35

Which of the following best represents the relationship between traits and leadership effectiveness?

A)The relationship is stronger for affective measures of effectiveness than performance measures.
B)The relationship is the same for affective and performance measures of effectiveness.
C)The relationship is stronger for performance measures of effectiveness than affective measures.
D)The relationship is poor or non-existent for affective and performance measures of effectiveness.
E)The relationship is poor or non-existent for affective measures of effectiveness and very high for performance measures of effectiveness.

Question 36

How many of the Big Five dimensions of personality have been found to be related to leadership emergence and success?

A)One
B)Two
C)Three
D)Four
E)Five

Question 37

What theory of leadership helps to explain bias and discrimination when evaluating a leader's effectiveness and when making decisions about who should be in a leadership position?

A)Laissez-faire leadership theory
B)Leadership categorization theory
C)Implicit leadership theory
D)Leader-member exchange theory
E)Contingency theory

Question 38

A recent study found what characteristic of the CEO and top management was related to organizational performance?

A)Team intelligence
B)Team conscientiousness
C)Team charisma
D)Team ethics
E)Team LMX

Question 39

The most effective leaders have high levels of intelligence.

Question 40

What theory suggests that people are more likely to view somebody as a leader and to evaluate them as a more effective leader when they possess prototypical characteristics of leadership?

A)Role congruity theory
B)Leadership categorization theory
C)Implicit leadership theory
D)Leader-member exchange theory
E)Contingency theory

Question 41

"Leaders are born, not made" is a statement that suggests that the speaker believes in the ________ theory of leadership.

Question 42

Research indicates that leader traits have a greater impact on leadership effectiveness than leader behaviours.

Question 43

Of the Big Five dimensions of personality, extraversion and ________ are the most consistent predictors of leadership effectiveness.

Question 44

Research on leadership has focused on traits associated with ________, task competence, and interpersonal attributes.

Question 45

The trait approach is one of the best means of understanding and improving leadership.

Question 46

According to leadership categorization theory, people are more likely to view somebody as a leader and to evaluate them as a more effective leader when they possess prototypical characteristics of leadership.

Question 47

According to leadership categorization theory, prejudice against female leaders is the result of a difference between the perceived characteristics of women and the perceived requirements of leadership roles.

Question 48

Research indicates that leader behaviours have a greater impact on leadership effectiveness than leader traits.

Question 49

A recent study found that CEO and top management team intelligence was directly related to organizational performance.

Question 50

All of the Big Five dimensions of personality have been found to be related to leadership emergence and success.

Question 51

Of the Big Five dimensions of personality, extraversion and conscientiousness are the most consistent predictors of leadership effectiveness.

Question 52

A recent study found that CEO and top management team conscientiousness was directly related to organizational performance.

Question 53

Of the Big Five dimensions of personality, extraversion and agreeableness are the most consistent predictors of leadership effectiveness.

Question 54

Research has isolated a large number of leadership traits that are highly associated with effective leadership.

Question 55

Research indicates that leader behaviours have a greater impact on leadership effectiveness than leader ________.

Question 56

Intelligence and dominance are possible examples of leadership ________.

Question 57

Leader traits have a greater impact on leadership effectiveness than leader behaviours.

Question 58

According to leadership ________ theory, people are more likely to view somebody as a leader and to evaluate them as a more effective leader when they possess prototypical characteristics of leadership.

Question 59

All five of the Big Five dimensions of personality have been found to be related to leadership emergence, and success, ________, and conscientiousness are the most consistent predictors of leadership effectiveness.

Question 60

A recent study found that CEO and top management team ________ were directly related to organizational performance.

Question 61

Consideration and initiating structure are incompatible.

Question 62

Which of the following is NOT a trait that might be investigated in leadership studies?

A)Need for achievement
B)Height
C)Leader reward behaviour
D)Self-confidence
E)Emotional stability

Question 63

Research on consideration and initiating structure has found that

A)consideration is more strongly related to leader job performance, and initiating structure is more strongly related to group performance.
B)initiating structure is more strongly related to leader job performance, and consideration is more strongly related to group performance.
C)consideration is more strongly related to leader job performance and group performance.
D)initiating structure is more strongly related to leader job performance and group performance.
E)consideration and initiating structure are similarly related to leader job performance and group performance.

Question 64

Describe leadership categorization theory and explain how it can result in bias and discrimination.

Question 65

Consideration and initiating structure both contribute positively to employees' motivation, job satisfaction, and leader effectiveness.

Question 66

When did the most involved, systematic study of leadership behaviour take place?

A)1930s
B)1940s
C)1950s
D)1960s
E)1970s

Question 67

Compared to initiating structure, consideration is more strongly related to

A)leader satisfaction, job satisfaction, and motivation.
B)leader satisfaction, leader job performance, and group performance.
C)leader satisfaction, job satisfaction, and leader job performance.
D)leader job performance, job satisfaction, and motivation.
E)job satisfaction, leader job performance, and group performance.

Question 68

If you have a boss who provides you with compliments, tangible benefits, and special attention, then what kind of behaviour does your boss exhibit?

A)Considerate leader behaviour
B)Transactional leader behaviour
C)Transformational leader behaviour
D)Leader reward behaviour
E)Participative leader behaviour

Question 69

A leader who is high on initiating structure can also be high on consideration.

Question 70

________ are only a precondition for certain actions that a leader must take to be successful.

Question 71

A leader who stresses standard procedures, schedules the work to be done, and assigns subordinates to particular tasks is high on

A)initiating structure.
B)consideration.
C)task structure.
D)leader reward behaviour.
E)supportive behaviour.

Question 72

Research shows that consideration on the part of a leader

A)is more effective for follower satisfaction than motivation.
B)is more effective for follower satisfaction than leader effectiveness.
C)is more effective for follower satisfaction than leader job performance.
D)is more effective for leader job performance than group performance.
E)is more effective for follower satisfaction than job satisfaction.

Question 73

What is non-contingent punishment behaviour related to?

A)Employee attitudes
B)Role ambiguity
C)Unfavourable outcomes
D)Positive perceptions of justice
E)Motivation

Question 74

Describe the trait theory of leadership and discuss its main limitations.

Question 75

Initiating structure is more strongly related to leader job performance and group performance than consideration.

Question 76

Leader reward and punishment behaviours are related to employee attitudes and behaviours because they

A)lead to more positive perceptions of justice and lower role conflict.
B)lead to more positive perceptions of justice and lower stress.
C)lead to more positive perceptions of justice and lower role ambiguity.
D)lead to more positive perceptions of the leader and lower stress.
E)lead to more positive perceptions of the leader and lower role ambiguity.

Question 77

Describe the trait theory of leadership and discuss the main research findings on leadership traits and leader effectiveness.

Question 78

Contingent leader punishment behaviour is positively related to employees' perceptions, attitudes, and behaviour, while non-contingent leader punishment behaviour is negatively related.

Question 79

Contingent leader reward behaviour is positively related to employees' perceptions, attitudes, and behaviour, while contingent leader punishment behaviour is negatively related.

Question 80

Leader reward and punishment behaviour lead to more positive perceptions of justice and lower role ambiguity.